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Michael coming back and taking his son home was a great cliffhanger......however, my number one pet-peeve on soaps is episode-to-episode continuation. How in the world could the writers not show us Gio/Brooklyn/Lois?? I was so bummed by that. Is Scarlett Spears (Donna) not just the cutest little girl? Those dimples! She was so adorable with her performance.

That was another thing was surprised me in a good way. Having a teenage character hook up with a total stranger on her second episode? Wow. We don't often see that. But to have it happen with Diddler-Doug? This is now the second girl he's gone after who's still in high school. In my mind, Diddler-Doug is in his mid 20's, unless the show has established that he's not?

This entire week has been really good! First starting with Xander beating up Philip. I too didn't expect to see Xander get so violent, by kicking Philip numerous times. And I didn't expect Philip to tell Xander that "Sarah knew," which lead to Wednesday's wonderful scenes with Xander/Sarah confronting each other. I think those scenes were definitely Lindsay's best acting that she's done on the show. I'm not really a huge fan of Sarah/Xander as a romantic couple - I don't hate them either. But Lindsay and Paul do have a ton of acting chemistry and these scenes proved that. I don't read spoilers so I had no idea Bo/Hope were going to be on today. That was a nice surprise. Same with Ciara showing up. I totally forgot Ciara has two kids with Ben. I liked how she talked about them and Zack. I've always liked Victoria Konefal and thought she did a good job today. And yes, I didn't mind seeing Ciara's usual cleavage shot during those emotional scenes. Thank you, wardrobe department! LOL Could the lead up to John's death have been better? Sure. But I didn't hate it. I liked that John's final act was saving Bo's life. And that full circle moment at the hospital with Marlena was poetic. I was starting to get a bit teary eyed during today's episode. Next week is going to be tough. I don't know if John getting blown up to pieces would've been the right idea. 😂

At first I was on the fence about Gio being Brooklyn/Dante's son, but I've been loving the build up to this reveal. I'm glad Korte/CVE took their time with this story because the reveal was excellent! When Gio found out half way through the episode, I thought, "Why did he find out now? This should be the cliffhanger." Boy, was I wrong. Gio smashing the violin and revealing the truth to everyone like that was really soapy and what I want to see in a soap opera. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Inspector Katget figuring things out again. Now, let's be honest, if Ron Carlivati was the breakdown writer of this episode, you guys would've rolled your eyes at the ATWT reference. LOL

LOL!! Kat seems to be a better at putting things together than the actual police. She's definitely more interesting like this compared to her real job, whatever it is. Those Eva/Tomas could've been so much better with a better actor because their discussion about parents was pretty good.

Thanks, Ron. So Friday was his last time with the BDWs.

@JAS0N47 was O'Connor listed in Monday's episode with the BDWs

BTG: - Shelley Curtis first listed as Director on May 19 Another FOJulie director.

Kat may be a privileged elitist but that's not entirely true. Kat first met Eva when Eva was snooping at Nicole's desk, so Kat's first impression of Eva wasn't very good. Plus, Kat's instinct to not trust Eva was 100% right. Kat's attitude toward Eva had nothing to do with Eva not "bowing" down to Kat, and her feelings toward her half-sister is very justified......minus the making fun of Eva's clothes of course.

Ratings for the week May 5-9, 2025

I would assume so. Probably just a spelling error. She has connections to MVJ (from GH), to JHC (from AMC), and to CBS (from Y&R).

Wow. Interesting that Tracey's name is there and Guza's is not. This probably means she's going to get a Co-HW credit as well because she has no production credits. Tracey wrote for AMC, GH, and Y&R. Tracey was a secondary Co-HW on Y&R from December 7, 2012 to March 15, 2017.

Ratings for the week April 28 - May 2, 2025

Thanks. Yes, I believe this is his first time with the BDWs. Was O'Connor still listed with the BDWs?

That is one of the best insults I've heard in a long time. I burst out laughing when Kat called Eva that. LOL Their scenes, of course, were really good. Colby and Ambyr have so much chemistry. The only thing I'd change is Kat saying "you're dead to me." That's a phrase usually said about someone you care about. I would've preferred something like "You will never be my sister," or something similar to that. Nice contrast at the end with both mothers/daughters: Kat comforting/consoling her mother, and Eva being locked out by her mother. Yeah, I wasn't a big of fan of the singing either, especially after your daughter's life has been destroyed. What? LOL And I also agree with those that thought Dana/Leslie's scenes with the Dupree's didn't feel right since Eva is not a Dupree....unless she is. But as of right now, she's not.

You can't have the entire cast on in one episode. LOL They were not needed for this. We didn't need to see what their reactions would be.

This episode was on fire and definitely the best the show's done so far. And of course the two big reasons were TMG and Ambyr Michelle who were phenomenal. This could be both their Emmy reels. Sad thing is they will probably be in the Supporting category so only one of them will win. Claybon was pretty good when Martin confronted his dad. I'm glad to see he's improving. I also liked that scene with Andre with Eva, showing some compassion with his cousin. Now that the secret is out, Eva and Leslie can start to interact with more of the cast, like at the end of today's episode with Leslie showing up at the Dupree's. And hopefully that will help the show be not as boring - this storyline was the only one that was truly interesting, and now it gets to branch out. Minor nitpicks: bad editing during the Eva/Leslie/Ted scene by themselves, and when Bill was rubbing Hayley's feet. They gotta clean this up.

I appreciate the use of spoiler tags whenever there's something long to post, or if there's a lot of something like pictures or videos or embedded material. So, thanks again! 🙌

Finally, it's been a while since an entire episode was good. LOL Leslie and Eva are just the stars of this show. I get disappointed whenever they aren't gone. So that was a good cliffhanger, however, I have to be a Debbie Downer just a bit......the music sucked and so did the fade out to credits. That final minute could've been so much better, so much soapier with proper background music and editing. I think it's time to move on and get a new music composer, music directors, and editors. Bring in people who know how to produce a soap.

Ratings for the week April 21-25, 2025

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